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Farm Bureau News
UTAH COUNTY
Volume I
PROVO, UTAH, NOV. 1, 1916
No. 1
EDUCATION AT HOME.
By DR. E. G. PETERSON.
Nothing has been more revolutionary during the past three decades
than the insistent demand for such
readjustment in our courses of study
that the common people (by which
name is designated 99 of every hundred of us) will be served educationally. This movement finds its most
notable embodiment in our Agricultural Colleges; and throughout our
schools this same desire to serve the
people, rather than to build up a complex, highly specialized course of
study, is apparent. In Utah, by means
■of the Extension work of the Utah
Agricultural College, we are enabled
to carry the blessings of science and
of the arts to the very doors of the
people, and into the very kitchens of
the women of the State. Furthermore,
the Agricultural College, as other institutions, has developed a system
of Correspondence Study, by means of
which any citizen of Utah may carry
on an organized instruction by means
of assignments passing between the
College professors and the student in
any subject given at the Institution.
County Agents represent the College in their counties in all its departments. To them is designated the
duty of ministering to the various
wants of the people with whom they
come in contact. If any man wants
^iny instruction in soil fertility, the
County Agent is supposed to serve
him first. And so with all other subjects. If the nature of the farmer's demand is such that the County Agent,
due to lack of time or some other
reason, cannot fill the demand he is
supposed to place the farmer in touch
with such sources as will accomplish
this end, by bringing to his aid Government or State specialists, or bringing his case to the attention of the
Correspondence Study Department or
the College.
Women, under the guidance of the
Agricultural College, are sent out into the State as Home Demonstrators
to help carry on the great message
of home building, which is designated
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The requirements of a good
farmer are, at least, four:
The ability to make a comfortable living from1 the land;
To rear a family carefully and
well;
To be of good service to Iiis
community;
To leave the farm more productive than when he took it.
L. H. BAILEY.
by State and Federal law to be a function of the Agricultural College. Such
women, trained in the science and art
of home building, housekeeping, child-
rearing, and the many other important
problems of the home, arc servants
called into being to help the mothers
of the State. The existence of such
work does not presuppose lack of
knowledge on the part of the farmer
or housekeeper. Such an assumption
would be absurd in this day, when the
very foundation of our civilization is
the farmer and his wife. Such concern on the part of the Government
rather simply emphasizes the tremendous significance of farming and
housekeeping, and plainly states that
the Government, both Federal and
State, considers that its duty is not
done until the best that our civilization has is placed at the disposal of
the rural population.
These movements are especially significant to Utah, made up as it is in
large measure of people devoted to
these primary occupations, a people
whose whole history has been a glorification of industry and motherhood.
Here in these mountains will arise a
civilization second to none in the
world. The spiritual, moral, and intellectual fiber is here, and all educational forces working together will
make Utah, we hope, in the not distant
future, mean more to the world than
the culture of Greece, or the power of
Rome, or the art or industry of any
modern commonwealth. This is the
destiny, and this is the vision of the
people of Utah.
HOW TO CONTROL THE ALFALFA WEEVIL.
Cultivation Method: Cultivation in
this connection means to work the alfalfa stubble with some implement
that will loosen and tear up the
ground without damaging the alfalfa
plants. The implements recommended
are alfalfa cultivator and spring-tooth
harrow, with the narrow teeth.
Fall Cultivation: This should be
done thoroughly the latter part of November, when the land is thawing in
the day time, but freezing at night.
Fence lines, ditch banks and stack
yards are to be included. All loose
rubbish of any kind shall be burned.
Early Spring Cultivation: As soon
as the ground can be worked a thorough cultivation shall be given.
Following First Crop: The first crop
must be cut as soon as the weevil
larva begin to puncture the leaves—
generally between May 25th and June
7th. It must be cut low and thoroughly. The hay shall be raked clean
as soon as possible, preferably while
green. Cultivation both ways shall
follow immediately after the hay is
removed; to be followed the next day
by a drag. A leveler, a brush drag or
a common harrow over several thicknesses of net-wire may be used for
this drag.
Note: Thorough work is necessary
for good results. On gravel land, the
cultivation method is not successful.
SEE THE DEVEY BEET TOPPER
IN OPERATION.
On the Francom farm in Payson, a
Devey Beet topper has been in operation for three years now. Those who
have seen it work, are unanimously of
the opinion that it is a great labor
saver. The County agent took a record of the cost of harvesting a crop
of beets where this topper is in use.
For pulling, topping and piling on a
field of 20 tons per acre the cost was
32%c per acre. Where the tonnage
was 27%, the cost was 23c per acre.
How much does this labor cost you?

Farm Bureau News
UTAH COUNTY
Volume I
PROVO, UTAH, NOV. 1, 1916
No. 1
EDUCATION AT HOME.
By DR. E. G. PETERSON.
Nothing has been more revolutionary during the past three decades
than the insistent demand for such
readjustment in our courses of study
that the common people (by which
name is designated 99 of every hundred of us) will be served educationally. This movement finds its most
notable embodiment in our Agricultural Colleges; and throughout our
schools this same desire to serve the
people, rather than to build up a complex, highly specialized course of
study, is apparent. In Utah, by means
■of the Extension work of the Utah
Agricultural College, we are enabled
to carry the blessings of science and
of the arts to the very doors of the
people, and into the very kitchens of
the women of the State. Furthermore,
the Agricultural College, as other institutions, has developed a system
of Correspondence Study, by means of
which any citizen of Utah may carry
on an organized instruction by means
of assignments passing between the
College professors and the student in
any subject given at the Institution.
County Agents represent the College in their counties in all its departments. To them is designated the
duty of ministering to the various
wants of the people with whom they
come in contact. If any man wants
^iny instruction in soil fertility, the
County Agent is supposed to serve
him first. And so with all other subjects. If the nature of the farmer's demand is such that the County Agent,
due to lack of time or some other
reason, cannot fill the demand he is
supposed to place the farmer in touch
with such sources as will accomplish
this end, by bringing to his aid Government or State specialists, or bringing his case to the attention of the
Correspondence Study Department or
the College.
Women, under the guidance of the
Agricultural College, are sent out into the State as Home Demonstrators
to help carry on the great message
of home building, which is designated
^>^:*^:«^:*^>^c«^k^^«>*
The requirements of a good
farmer are, at least, four:
The ability to make a comfortable living from1 the land;
To rear a family carefully and
well;
To be of good service to Iiis
community;
To leave the farm more productive than when he took it.
L. H. BAILEY.
by State and Federal law to be a function of the Agricultural College. Such
women, trained in the science and art
of home building, housekeeping, child-
rearing, and the many other important
problems of the home, arc servants
called into being to help the mothers
of the State. The existence of such
work does not presuppose lack of
knowledge on the part of the farmer
or housekeeper. Such an assumption
would be absurd in this day, when the
very foundation of our civilization is
the farmer and his wife. Such concern on the part of the Government
rather simply emphasizes the tremendous significance of farming and
housekeeping, and plainly states that
the Government, both Federal and
State, considers that its duty is not
done until the best that our civilization has is placed at the disposal of
the rural population.
These movements are especially significant to Utah, made up as it is in
large measure of people devoted to
these primary occupations, a people
whose whole history has been a glorification of industry and motherhood.
Here in these mountains will arise a
civilization second to none in the
world. The spiritual, moral, and intellectual fiber is here, and all educational forces working together will
make Utah, we hope, in the not distant
future, mean more to the world than
the culture of Greece, or the power of
Rome, or the art or industry of any
modern commonwealth. This is the
destiny, and this is the vision of the
people of Utah.
HOW TO CONTROL THE ALFALFA WEEVIL.
Cultivation Method: Cultivation in
this connection means to work the alfalfa stubble with some implement
that will loosen and tear up the
ground without damaging the alfalfa
plants. The implements recommended
are alfalfa cultivator and spring-tooth
harrow, with the narrow teeth.
Fall Cultivation: This should be
done thoroughly the latter part of November, when the land is thawing in
the day time, but freezing at night.
Fence lines, ditch banks and stack
yards are to be included. All loose
rubbish of any kind shall be burned.
Early Spring Cultivation: As soon
as the ground can be worked a thorough cultivation shall be given.
Following First Crop: The first crop
must be cut as soon as the weevil
larva begin to puncture the leaves—
generally between May 25th and June
7th. It must be cut low and thoroughly. The hay shall be raked clean
as soon as possible, preferably while
green. Cultivation both ways shall
follow immediately after the hay is
removed; to be followed the next day
by a drag. A leveler, a brush drag or
a common harrow over several thicknesses of net-wire may be used for
this drag.
Note: Thorough work is necessary
for good results. On gravel land, the
cultivation method is not successful.
SEE THE DEVEY BEET TOPPER
IN OPERATION.
On the Francom farm in Payson, a
Devey Beet topper has been in operation for three years now. Those who
have seen it work, are unanimously of
the opinion that it is a great labor
saver. The County agent took a record of the cost of harvesting a crop
of beets where this topper is in use.
For pulling, topping and piling on a
field of 20 tons per acre the cost was
32%c per acre. Where the tonnage
was 27%, the cost was 23c per acre.
How much does this labor cost you?